"I've only been away for a few days, why haven't I heard any news before?"
The current Evergrande Group is just preparing to enter football, but they are a very standardized club. Therefore, they will consider things after entering. They know that they will upgrade next season, so they hope to get some outstanding foreign players in advance. Like China
In the second-level league, that is, the Chinese League One, there is a saying that as long as there are good foreign players, promotion will not be a problem.
Just when he arrived in England, Lister was still concerned about his other industries. He also went to see some old friends, but before he could finish his affairs in England, something happened. Lister had no choice but to fly to England again.
Spain.
"Now that the club's performance is not good, Fernando is afraid. If it is relegated, it will be worthless. Of course, it is worth taking advantage of it now, so of course it is time to make a move."
"How much?"
"It has not been announced. But I think it should be around 40 million euros, or it may not reach this number."
"So cheap? Al Fahim's purchase of Manchester City cost more than 100 million pounds. Even if it is not as good as Manchester City, it shouldn't be so cheap."
List frowned. Forty million euros, this club is too cheap. Now even if List spends some money, he can easily come up with this amount of money. It is too cheap to buy a La Liga club.
"It's not cheap anymore, Riester. After all, the income of La Liga clubs cannot be compared with Premier League clubs. Malaga's income last season was less than 40 million euros."
"maybe."
Riester shook his head. Manchester City was also a relegation club at the time, and it also lacked history. But Alfahim bought Manchester City at a high price back then. And Malaga is also a La Liga club. Although it is also a relegation club, it is less than 40 million euros.
That's really cheap.
When Lister stayed in England for less than five days, such a big thing happened in Spain. Spanish football is no better than English football. Half of the Premier League clubs now have foreign owners. The Premier League is the most successful business development
In the league, all kinds of rich people are willing to invest. Even many Premier League fans are no longer resistant to the entry of foreign capital. Some club fans even hope that their clubs can be as rich as Manchester City and Chelsea. But Spanish football is different.
Spanish football is still relatively exclusive and does not like the interference of external capital. Spanish clubs are now struggling, and their debt situation is also very serious. Even in La Liga and La Liga, it is not uncommon for many clubs in La Liga and La Liga to release their salaries. But even
With such difficulties, until now, Spanish football has not had a real foreign capital control a La Liga club. This is the first time. Capital from Qatar in the Middle East has come to Malaga.
“Have you met the Middle Eastern boss in Malaga?”
"I've seen it."
Carvajal nodded. The reason why Riester asked this is because Carvajal and Malaga have a very special relationship. Before Qatar Capital came to Malaga, the Sanz family owned Malaga.
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This family is also the family of Spanish billionaires. Everyone is familiar with the person at the helm, that is the former chairman of Real Madrid, Lorenzo Sanz. This Spanish billionaire, who often smokes cigars, was a goalkeeper when he was young. He relied on real estate and
They made their fortunes in the construction business. Of course, many of the current owners of La Liga clubs made their fortunes in real estate, including current Real Madrid chairman Florentino.
Sanz actually doesn't like to show off much. He couldn't beat Florentino at first, and he lost to Calderon in 2006. This made him lose face, so he chose Malaga. Then he let his son, Fernando Sanz, manage the club. Fernando Sanz was a player in the Real Madrid youth academy and played as a defender. After moving to Malaga, he became the captain of Malaga. .
Malaga is a small club and not very strong. However, Fernando Sanz is considered a relatively powerful figure. Under his management, Malaga is doing well in La Liga. However, in September 2008, the old Sanz was suspected of forging a huge amount of bank loans. Although he eventually escaped jail, it was a major blow to Sanz himself. Two months later, Sanz was suspected of disclosing business secrets of the Spanish real estate industry to a French intelligence agency. and was investigated by the police.
But the blows to him came one after another. Due to the failure of the acquisition of Parma in 2005, Sanz lost a lot of money, especially the 7.5 million euros invested in the early stage. Although he is a billionaire, The failure of this investment still caused him heavy losses, and his company also entered a serious economic crisis.
This year, Spain's economy is not doing well, and his economic crisis continues to worsen. In desperation, old Sanz entrusted an Italian auction house to sell his previous collection of antiques. However, according to Spanish law, art works that are over a hundred years old cannot be sold to an Italian auction house. Foreign auctions must obtain permission from the government. Since Sanz did not have permission from the government department, his behavior of taking some famous Spanish paintings from his personal collection to an Italian auction house for auction has been suspected of being illegal. Although these famous paintings have not been sold so far, But Italy has made it clear that it will not return it to Spain.
Therefore, he was arrested by the police again recently. This is an even greater blow to the already precarious Sanz family. The Sanz family can no longer afford Malaga's daily expenses, and Malaga's performance this season is very poor, so The Sens family will sell him before the winter break. If he is relegated this season, Malaga Club will be even less valuable.
However, it is precisely because Malaga is the club of the Sanz family that Carvajal has a deep relationship with Malaga. Carvajal was able to become Real Madrid's royal agent in the first place, in addition to Raul's role, it was because of Because of his relationship with the Sanz family. Otherwise, he would not have become the agent of Salgado, the son-in-law of Sanz. In recent years, Malaga has not invested much and has been able to stay in La Liga. Carvajal He deserves a lot of credit. Being able to bring in those powerful players with low value and low salary was due to Carvajal’s connections in Spain.
"How is it? Does the new boss have money or not? Does he need to spend money or not?"
"He should have money. I did a brief search and it is said that his net worth is more than 5 billion euros. But I don't know if it is true, but he is a member of the Qatari royal family, so he should not be short of money. As for spending money, it is not clear yet. But You should spend a little money this winter, after all, relegation is the most important thing."
Qatar royal family, owner of Malaga. Riester is not very clear about this Malaga owner, but historically it seems that he spent a lot of money in Malaga, but in the end he seemed to be leaving Malaga.
There were different opinions on the specific reasons at the time. Some said that the Malaga boss was a Middle Eastern liar, but this was unlikely. After all, he was indeed a member of the Qatari royal family, and according to his seniority, he was also the cousin of the Paris Saint-Germain boss.
There is also news that he was originally going to participate in the real estate development in Malaga, but the development did not go well, so he left Malaga. Of course, Malaga even had salary arrears at the time. There is news that the then boss of Malaga The money was paid, but it was swallowed by the management. Anyway, there are a lot of dense news. It is also said that after the Malaga boss arrived in La Liga, he found that the La Liga environment was not as good as he imagined. Moreover, Spanish football rejected him as a Middle Easterner. The boss felt he was being discriminated against here, so he left.
But these have nothing to do with Riester now. Riester is now considering whether he can get a share of Malaga's rise. So he looked at Carvajal and said: "Of course you should come to me if you want players. Isn’t it just relegation? It’s a matter of minutes.”
With List's current strength, as long as a club's head coach doesn't commit suicide. List can be said to ask people to give others, it is really a simple matter for a club to avoid relegation.
"I know you have many players. But I need to contact the new owner first. Fortunately, the new owner allows Fernando to continue to serve as the club's vice president and also as transfer consultant."
The new owner of Malaga, Cheikh Arsani, is still very good at doing things. The Sens family has been in Spanish football for many years and has very strong connections. Therefore, after Cheikh Arsani bought Malaga, he did not drive him away. Fernando Sanz instead allowed him to continue serving the club.
"Well, let's find out the new boss's new ideas for the team. See what kind of players he needs, so I can be prepared."
Historically, the boss of Malaga came in July 2010, but now it is nearly eight months earlier. I don’t know when the boss of Paris Saint-Germain will come, and when the new boss of Monaco will come. Of course, there is also Queens Park Rangers in the Premier League. The owner of the team is also an owner who dares to spend money. Only when these owners come to European football will European football become more prosperous.
"Rister, I also have many players on my hands."
"There's no rush. What level is Málaga at now? If the new owner of Málaga is really ambitious, none of the current Málaga players will be able to stay. Look at Manchester City, where are the original players in the current main lineup? All the players have been purged. So there is no need to worry about this issue at all."
List and Carvajal are both agents who have a lot of players. But the current situation in Malaga is definitely a step of purging and recruiting. List has long felt it in Manchester City.
But then Carvajal got a big benefit. Because although Malaga players cannot play in strong team games, they are still La Liga players. They can still find positions among some weak La Liga teams and strong La Liga teams. .But because Malaga is purging players, the transfer fee is definitely not very high. Carvajal has a special relationship with Malaga, and the job of purging players must belong to him. With the purged players, he can show There are many small and medium-sized clubs. The small teams in La Liga and the Spanish second division teams all owe his favor.
